Pepper The Cat

Pepper The Cat BSN, RN

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  1. Easy Stats class

    Pepper The Cat replied to sunny3429's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I think an on-line class would be much more difficult than an in-person class, esp if you are. to good at math in the first

  2. Perfume at work?

    Pepper The Cat replied to fawnmarie's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    It is still a scent. And not everyone likes the smell of

  3. Murphy's Law of Nursing

    Pepper The Cat posted a topic in General Nursing

    1. The admission they want to send you is always the opposite sex of your only available bed - resulting in bed moves. 2. A certain MD always takes at least 20 minutes to respond to your page -...

  4. Communicating with Doctors

    Pepper The Cat replied to spacey's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We co-ordinate our calls. If I am paging the doc in call, I let all the other nurses know so that if they need something they can be available. This saves the doc being called 6 times in one hour. On...

  5. charge nurse: dealing with negativity

    Pepper The Cat replied to aimric's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There are people who will never be happy with their assignment. You could give one nurse I work with all walkiesmtalkies and she would still complain that she was walking too much between

  6. Advice to a 49er fan moving to Montreal

    Pepper The Cat replied to traces95z's topic in Canada

    If you want to work in Montral, you will have to be fluent in

  7. Appropriate orientation attire

    Pepper The Cat replied to laurenmichelle3's topic in General Students

    I would not wear jeans. Our hospital CEO hates jeans so no one wears them. Better to show up slightly overdressed than under dressed. Business casual at the very least. No scents. Tidy hair. Look...

  8. Hygiene After Hospital Shift

    Pepper The Cat replied to nifty_n's topic in General Nursing

    Germs are all around us. You are more likely to contract MRSA at Wallmart than through

  9. Would you ever ask another nurse to give your pt a suppository?

    Pepper The Cat replied to iluvgusgus's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I never considered that giving a suppository was dirty work. You have the diaper open, and the patient on their side. It takes, what, 10 seconds to put the supp in. Instead,you want to wait until you...

  10. I never would have thought of that...

    Pepper The Cat replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Dissolve crush meds in warm water when giving via g-tube. They will dissolve

  11. Have you noticed...

    Pepper The Cat replied to joe_mulligan88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think you always find what you are looking forward. If you go in expecting to see "nurses eat their young" - then that is how you will interpret anything said to you. If you go in expecting to be...

  12. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    Pepper The Cat replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    That gave me

  13. Esme Needs Your Prayers and Well Wishes

    Pepper The Cat replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Get better soon Esme! We need you! We love

  14. Ebola Nursing Survey Part 2: Call to Action for Ebola Protection

    Pepper The Cat replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Possibly. But if there was one thing we learned from SARS I think it was that it better to be over-protected than

  15. Ebola Nursing Survey Part 2: Call to Action for Ebola Protection

    Pepper The Cat replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Forgot to add that they are looking into installing plexiglass partitions to provide further protection moving

  16. Ebola Nursing Survey Part 2: Call to Action for Ebola Protection

    Pepper The Cat replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Ontario Canada here. As of this week: Registration clerks and triage nurses are working in full PPE: gloves, masks , face shields and gowns. First question asked is travel to infected areas in past...

  17. example question

    Pepper The Cat replied to Sallysame's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    You want to strong side to always lead. So to get into bed with a weak rt side you would out the chair on the ride side of the

  18. Newbies Who Want to Pay ZERO Dues Schedule-Wise

    Pepper The Cat replied to Emergent's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm Canadian so our holidays are a bit different but here is how our unit works long weekends. You work eight Easter or Victoria Day (equal to Memorial Day) you work either July 1 (equal to July 4)...

  19. What is the correct procedure for flushing a PICC line that has TPN running?

    Pepper The Cat replied to ccrunner72000's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Why would you flush a PICC that has something being run through it? If it is being used, there should be no reason to

  20. RN Health Issues

    Pepper The Cat replied to kelly328846's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Here we go again. This topic has been discussed to death. Do a search and you will find lots of threads about nurses who are overweight, nurses who smoke and so

  21. Are American hospitals ready for Ebola?

    Pepper The Cat replied to texarkana 551's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Hmm - my first post disappeared. Guess the cat ate it. Anyway - here we go again. I am Canadian and I think my hospital is prepared for Ebola. We were a SARS hospital back during the SARS epidemic...

  22. Nursing shoes that aren't clogs

    Pepper The Cat replied to BeachsideRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I like the Nurse Mates

  23. Charge nurse unnecessary comments

    Pepper The Cat replied to thevez's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Ha ha! You are correct. I have corrected my post. As noted below, the cat loves to interfere with my iPad and computer. I am often posting around his

  24. Charge nurse unnecessary comments

    Pepper The Cat replied to thevez's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I see both comments as small jokes. I've made similar comments and we have shared a laugh. Imthink you are reading too much into the

  25. Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    Pepper The Cat replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think expecting nurses to know what students can/ cannot do is unrealistic. My unit gets students from 6 different institutions. Throw in the fact that some are RNs and some are RPNs and it just...